Tag: Secretary Xavier Becerra

Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Not Have Been Legally Appointed to Their Offices, House GOP Says

Former National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease (NAIAD) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and a dozen other directors of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) appear not to have been legally appointed to their offices, according to a year-long investigation by House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans. Mr. Fauci and the others were to serve…


Biden Health Official Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Wear Masks for Low-Income Financial Assistance

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy requiring 2-year-olds to wear masks as a condition to participate in a low-income financial assistance program. The Head Start program is an HHS initiative that manages a series of facilities across the United States providing education, nutrition, and parental engagement services for…


Biden Health Official Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Wear Masks

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy requiring 2-year-olds to wear masks as a condition to participate in a low-income financial assistance program. The Head Start program is an HHS initiative that manages a series of facilities across the United States providing education, nutrition, and parental engagement services for…


Senate, House Republicans Challenge Biden Admin to Reveal Funding Plan for $3 Billion Drug Rx Price-Fixing Effort

Two GOP House committee chairmen and the top Senate Finance Committee Republican are challenging President Joe Biden to make public the spending plan for an obscure $3 billion prescription drug price-fixing fund established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. “Unfortunately, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act enacted last year has doubled down on the recent…


Ernst Gives Latest ‘Squeal Award’ to HHS for Failing to Bar Federal Funding of Wuhan Lab, as Recommended by Watchdog

Feb. 14 may be a day for romantic gifts, but that’s not what Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave Secretary Xavier Becerra and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to bar China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from receiving any more federal funds. The Iowa Republican gave Becerra and HHS her latest…